n00b question about setting up an xbox360 LAN

Puteq · 10-11-2010 03:42PM #1

Hi there, i have a really basic question about setting up a network of a bunch of 360s to play LAN gaming with my mates. I will have no problems with setting up the network side of things, but i am wondering is it possible to have more than 1 xbox360 connected to 1 TV? AFAIK you need 1 TV per xbox but i'm kinda hoping to get away with a few plugged into my TV to save my mates having to cart TVs over to my house. and if not, i presume we could set up a multiplayer game and have 2 players per xbox360 per TV? theres not that many of us gonna be there so that would be OK. And if for example we were gonna play a multiplayer game involving 2 xboxes, would we need 2 disks? I know some PC games allow you to set up a LAN game and other PCs that dont have the disk installed can still join (admittedly the last time I saw this in a PC game was starcraft 1 back in 1998 but hey, I'm an optimist maybe microsoft figured they have enough money and allowed it...)

thanks for any help everyone!

mcgovern · 10-11-2010 04:24PM

1. No, you can't use more than one xbox on the same TV (unless your TV has some fancy PIP/POP settings).
2. You can do split screen alright on some games, but not all. And even less will allow you to do LAN + split screen.
3. You'll need a copy of the game per xbox.

Puteq · 11-11-2010 03:43PM

cool mcgovern thanks for the good bullet point answers, just what i wanted to know

n00b question about setting up an xbox360 LAN

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